Heather V. Edes is the Director of Professional Development at Sullivan & Worcester. Publications Training for Effective Paralegal Utilization, Business Law Today (May/June 2007) "Associate Development through Effective Paralegal Utilization," Professional Development Quarterly (2005) Contributor to: Best Practices in Attorney Professional Development: Heading Off and Handling Wrong Turns, a publication of the ABA Career Resource Center with the cooperation of the Professional Development Consortium (2004) "The 'Whys' and 'Hows' of Work Brokering," Professional Development Quarterly (2003) "Converting Learning to Practice," Professional Development Quarterly (2002) Speaking Engagements "Taking Charge of your Career: Mapping Out Your Personal and Professional Path" and "Understanding the Business of Law and Your Impact on the Firm s Bottom Line," Law Firm Associate Leadership Summit (American Conference Institute), Washington, D.C. (2006) "From Associate to Managing Partner: The Effects of Training and Development on Career Advancement," Training and Development for Professional Services (Ark Group USA), Chicago, IL (2006) "What They Don t Learn in Law School: Training First Year Associates and Integrating Them Into the Firm Culture" (panelist) and "A Panel of Happy Mid-Level Associates - No, This is Not a Typo" (moderator), American Lawyer Chief Recruitment and Professional Development Officers Forum, New York, NY (2006) "Associate Development Strategies for the Long Haul," Human Capital Development for the Modern Law Firm (Ark Group USA), Miami, FL (2006) "Designing an Effective Business Development Curriculum for Associates," Professional Development Consortium Winter Conference, Austin, TX (2004) "Work Assignments and Professional Development" (with Ida O. Abbott), ALI-ABA/NALP Professional Development Institute, Washington, D.C. (2003) "The Best and Worst of 2002: Revitalizing First Year Associate Training," Professional Development Consortium Summer Conference, San Francisco, CA. (2003) Professional & Civic Activities Professional Development Consortium, American Bar Association and Association of Legal Administrators Education J.D., University of Michigan, 1996 B.A., Anthropology and Russian Studies, Oberlin College, 1993 |